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Thanks for the report on St Joe.

Thanks for the report Capt Ron!

Nice box Mark

That's the kind of action that gets your adrenelin pumping.

Nice catch Bill

We'll be there Fri Sat and Sunday that weekend so maybe we'll see you around Nick.

Nice catch Alan!

Nice job!

Just awesome Bob!

Thanks Aaron, it is at Johnson's. Had 5 nicks/gauges on the bottom side. Not sure if they came from rocks on the highway or hitting something on the lake, maybe a combination of both. None were large but enough to let some water in and the bill won't be to large either.

Fishing continues to be very strong in Ludington as long as you put the boat over the fish. With my boat down for another week, I fished on 3 different boats with my neighbors. Gotta thank my buddies Ron, Mark and Mark! The fish thinned out on bank south of Big Point this weekend. We fished there Friday, made one pass down the bank and went 1 for 2 by sunup, not good. Turned it west and trolled out to the 42 line and went 1 for 2 on the out troll. Ended our day 2 for 4. It was slow for other boats fishing north. Saturday, we turned left and ran 18 miles to the dunes north of Little Point. Made a troll down to the light and back toward Ludington and got our limit of 15 by 9AM. Fish were coming on half cores down to riggers 80 ft down. We fished 90 to 120 ft of water. Just red hot action before sunrise. Sunday, we stayed closer to home and set up in 105 ft of water in the 53's south. Trolled southwest just outside the nets to the 49's working our way out to 140 ft of water. There was a nice surface break in the 49's and we finished our day working that east and west out to 170 ft of water. Got our limit of 10 and lost 4 by 8:30AM for my buddy Mark and I. It was more of a steady pic today, lots of steelhead being caught in that area, we got 4 steelies today. We fished mostly moonshine spoons early and changed to more chromes after sunup. We ran spin doctors on the divers. Standouts this weekend were a mag moonshine carbon 14 and daisy cutter on riggers down 60 and 60. A MS crabface on a full core. A yeck jarid on a 200 ft copper. A mt dew/chrome blade spin doctor and blue fairways fly on a hi diver out 120 to 150ft. A glow frog spin doctor and green glow squid was real good in the first hour each day. The Offshore Classic this weekend was a big success. There was an increase in boat numbers. There were more boats bringing their 10 or 12 fish than ever before and it came down to catching larger fish in the both the Pro and Am divisions. Some real nice boxes up and down the leaderboard. Big fish was 24 lbs with a few kings in the 20 lb class. Congrats to Polecat and Flys Down for their wins in pro and am. My boat is due out of the shop next weekend after some fiberglass repairs are done. Good luck fishing!

Nice job Mark.

Nice job Aaron

Nice catch!

Fishing is great in Ludington. My buddy and I got our limit Friday AM, had a 4 man crew Saturday AM and our landing ratio was very bad, only boxed 9 for a lot of hits, well over 20. We did not fish evenings. We fished from 00's to 04's, 100 to 120 ft of water early, out to 280 ft later. 1/2 cores were great early, then full cores and 225 coppers did better later. Riggers from 30 to 60 ft early, hit some fish down 75 ft later. Divers out from 90 to 150 ft. Spoons and spin doctors did the damage, here is a pic of lures from Friday. Had some issues on Sunday when I found my boat taking on water when we set down after the run out. The bilge kept up and we got back in safe. Broke out the life jackets for the first time ever. We could not find a crack in the hole but think it may be over the trailer bunks. I'm headed back up Wednesday to do a better assessment, going to take my goggles and spash her at the docks and check it out. If you have a good recommendation for someone who does glass work in the Ludington area, let me know? I already got rides lined up with my buddies so I can still keep fishing, thank God for your friends.

I'm concerned. One thing I've noticed is the large number without adipose fin clips. Did we have a lot of natural reproduction 2 and 3 years ago resulting in the high catch rates? Sure seems to be a load of salmon out there this season. I'm supporting stocking cuts even though the science is not precise behind them. I would rather be conservative and keep the Lk Mi fishery healthy and strong versus risking a collapse like Lk Huron. If this is the wrong decision, we can always increase plants later. The fish this season appear to be chunky and healthy but 18+ pounders are rare. I think the average size is down slightly from last year from my casual observations. One thing for sure, this year has to go down as the best June/4th of July fishery ever throughout the lake. All the ports are doing well.

Nice catch Alan.

Nice catch and I'm glad you made it back in safely.

Welcome Dave, great to have some Canadian's here to keep us posted on your side of the pond. I think you'll find we have a great community of helpful people here and we welcome your participation!

That's a good morning!

Glad it worked out for you Tony, maybe I'll see you up there. I'll be around a lot the rest of the summer, I have 3 weeks of vacation up there the next 2 months and will be up every weekend.

Nice catch Larry!

Nice job Tom, sounds like you got a good one there for the contest.

Nice pics, would be great to Lk Huron come back. Sounds like there was a decent spring fishery this year from reading internet reports.

Nice catch Mike!